Your all time favorite bike to ride
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R3DS!X
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My Ducati Monster S4R
I regret selling that one. Had a really great last ride on the thing, was around mill valley and came across a Ferrari California and we started to really obey all the speed limits and followed all the safety advisories. The Ferrari couldn't shake me and I was about to make a clean and safe pass when LA POLICIA was visibly shaking his head at us. We cut the shit and kept following speed limits and never got pulled over for safety awards. Great day. Great bike. I miss it so much.
My Energica Eva is a close second. I think I have a thing for trellis frames and torque. Just can't really ride the thing at the same kinda routs and pace cause of electrical limitations and current infrastructure.
I regret selling that one. Had a really great last ride on the thing, was around mill valley and came across a Ferrari California and we started to really obey all the speed limits and followed all the safety advisories. The Ferrari couldn't shake me and I was about to make a clean and safe pass when LA POLICIA was visibly shaking his head at us. We cut the shit and kept following speed limits and never got pulled over for safety awards. Great day. Great bike. I miss it so much.
My Energica Eva is a close second. I think I have a thing for trellis frames and torque. Just can't really ride the thing at the same kinda routs and pace cause of electrical limitations and current infrastructure.
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ratsblast
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My BeLast, with no mirrors it is about as easy to split as you can get. Finally got the carb dialed in, loud as they come, ugly as sin. Too bad I fucked up something in the transmission, cant get it into 5th gear so I am speed limited to 75mph in 4th at close to redline. Need a new seat, redid it recently buy foam too squishy. Last time I rode it got air, I can lock up both ends.
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Triple Threat
Be like water My friend..
Of all the bikes I've owned (19 to date), this is my favorite.
Comfortable, sounds great, great suspension and it's Italian.
Comfortable, sounds great, great suspension and it's Italian.
moto-rama
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Weirdly, out of the nearly 90 bikes Ive had (not bragging, honest)...my '98 VTR1000F ranks in the top 3 someplace, with my '74 Laverda SFS, and '59 BMW R50/2 (my first bike)
There are a few honorable mentions, too. '88 Ducati 851, '52 Vincent Rapide, and '85 Honda VF1000R, '74 MotoGuzzi V50 Monza, '67 BSA Spitfire, '82 Katana.
I've only hated a couple.
Why so much love for the not great at anything VTR? It was so easy to ride, and with a few bits added, it was actually a dam capable bike. Not the sharpest, fastest or best looking, but out of the 11 bikes in my garage at the time, it was the one I usually hopped on and rode off. The Laverda was a lot like the VTR, just a friendly, fast-enough, reliably fun ride.
I'm finding my latest acquisition, an '18 BMW R1200R to have the potential to break in to that top 3.
What do they say?
"It satisfies."
There are a few honorable mentions, too. '88 Ducati 851, '52 Vincent Rapide, and '85 Honda VF1000R, '74 MotoGuzzi V50 Monza, '67 BSA Spitfire, '82 Katana.
I've only hated a couple.
Why so much love for the not great at anything VTR? It was so easy to ride, and with a few bits added, it was actually a dam capable bike. Not the sharpest, fastest or best looking, but out of the 11 bikes in my garage at the time, it was the one I usually hopped on and rode off. The Laverda was a lot like the VTR, just a friendly, fast-enough, reliably fun ride.
I'm finding my latest acquisition, an '18 BMW R1200R to have the potential to break in to that top 3.
What do they say?
"It satisfies."
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Kestrel
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^ My '99 SV650 was a sweet bike. First bike that I really started to push hard on in a track setting. Taught me a lot. If I had to pick one, that'd be it. Rode the new SV, but never really liked the way the frame and tank felt compared to the originals.
Second place probably goes to my current DR350 with SM wheels installed. Not exactly fast, and a little heavy... but that bike has also taught me a lot about traction.
Second place probably goes to my current DR350 with SM wheels installed. Not exactly fast, and a little heavy... but that bike has also taught me a lot about traction.
Pushrod
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Weirdly, out of the nearly 90 bikes Ive had (not bragging, honest)...my '98 VTR1000F ranks in the top 3 someplace, with my '74 Laverda SFS, and '59 BMW R50/2 (my first bike)
There are a few honorable mentions, too. '88 Ducati 851, '52 Vincent Rapide, and '85 Honda VF1000R, '74 MotoGuzzi V50 Monza, '67 BSA Spitfire, '82 Katana.
I've only hated a couple.
Why so much love for the not great at anything VTR? It was so easy to ride, and with a few bits added, it was actually a dam capable bike. Not the sharpest, fastest or best looking, but out of the 11 bikes in my garage at the time, it was the one I usually hopped on and rode off. The Laverda was a lot like the VTR, just a friendly, fast-enough, reliably fun ride.
I'm finding my latest acquisition, an '18 BMW R1200R to have the potential to break in to that top 3.
What do they say?
"It satisfies."
Thumbs up on the Superhawk. Mine had the high compression/race exhaust/ohlins suspension mods and gave many wtf moments to the sporty boys
discoganya
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Busa = most smiles per mile for me
Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
I’ll agree with that. I worked at a Suzuki shop when they came out and I still remember my first ride on one.
One guy who bought one traded in a Buell, I jokingly said it was gonna be like going from a Sopwith Camel to an F-18.
Suzuki needs to come out with a successor worthy of the original.
One guy who bought one traded in a Buell, I jokingly said it was gonna be like going from a Sopwith Camel to an F-18.
Suzuki needs to come out with a successor worthy of the original.
flying_hun
Adverse Selection
Out of all of my bikes, I love my first Versys the most. It's been all over the Alps, across much of France, all over the UK, including three trips to the IOM, and before any of those it was on at least one BARF rally here. There is no bike I've owned that had delivered me on more memorable adventures, and its handling is amazingly intuitive. Love it to bits!
bigpoppa
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Definitely my electric (Energica EsseEsse9).
Maybe because it's still relatively new and the experience of riding an electric is different enough from my gas bikes but I haven't had a bike in years that's made me find excuses to take it out.
Whether it's just a quick joy ride or running out to the store for whatever will fit in the side cases, I haven't felt this rejuvenated about riding in years.
Maybe because it's still relatively new and the experience of riding an electric is different enough from my gas bikes but I haven't had a bike in years that's made me find excuses to take it out.
Whether it's just a quick joy ride or running out to the store for whatever will fit in the side cases, I haven't felt this rejuvenated about riding in years.
I’ve long said my TZ250 was the most fun bike I’d ever ridden but it’s hard to say if that would still be true if I could compare it back to back with an S1000RR or similar today. It was the right combination of increase in performance against what my skill level was at the time that made it so surprising. On my first test at Thunderhill, the distance between corners seemed so much shorter than ever before. I’d find myself on top of a turn entry sooner and going faster than I expected. I was sure it was hopelessly late to brake but would squeeze the lever, the bike would simultaneously slow and whisper in my ear, “Pussy.”